U.S. chain-store sales rose 2.2 percent year on year for the week that ended on December 27 and included the final shopping days before Christmas, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. However, comparable store sales were flat compared with the ...

Estimates from the International Council of Shopping Centers showed that retailers could benefit from a last-minute shopping surge despite what the group called a “historically low” 11 percent of consumers who have yet to start buying holiday gifts. Sales in the week ended Saturday Dec. 20 rose 3.1 percent over the year-ago period, according ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Retail Chain Store Sales Index rose 3% in the week ended Saturday from the previous week on a seasonally adjusted, comparable-store basis.

The recent volatility reflects increased promotions of the season, according to Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Retail Chain Store Sales Index fell 1.5% in the week ended Saturday from the previous week on a seasonally adjusted, comparable-store basis.

On a year-to-year basis, the weekly reading increased 2.9%. ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 2.8% for the week ending November 29 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales decreased by 1.8%.

"Early Black Friday promotions the previous week contributed to the sequential week to week decline," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "Consumers actually reported being considerably behind on their shopping compared to the same week last year - which bodes ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 1.7% for the week ending November 22 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales increased rapidly by 2.2%.

"Early Black Friday promotions helped propel sales on a week-over-week basis," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "Weather was a bit of a mixed-bag over the past week for retailers as colder weather got the consumer in the winter apparel mindset - however ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 2.2% for the week ending November 15 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales increased by 0.2%.

"Gas prices have declined by 81 cents per gallon since early July - which I estimate has saved consumers around $90 billion of expenditure at an annual rate," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "The savings should help lift holiday sales," he added. ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 2.1% for the week ending November 8 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales increased by 1.5%.

"Department and electronics stores lead the way this week," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "Consumers are still seeing a huge break at the gas pump, with the average price per gallon hitting its lowest point since November 29, 2010 - something that ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 1.8% for the week ending November 1 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales decreased by 1.6%.

"Most segments produced modest gains this week, except for electronics which remained quite strong," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "Weather seemingly curbed consumer demand in seasonal categories this week. However, as the weather gets cooler - and with ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 2.8% for the week ending October 25 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales increased 0.3%.

"Business over the past week was strong at department stores, wholesale clubs and electronics stores," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "While the receding gasoline prices may not have a massive impact week-to-week, the cumulative effect should strongly ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 2.1% for the week ending October 18 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales decreased by 0.3%.

"Business over the past week was strong for electronic stores, apparel stores, and discounters," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "Gasoline prices remained low, down a hefty 7.1% from the same week of the prior year. Continuing to get a break at the pump ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 3.8% for the week ending October 11 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales decreased by 0.7%.

"Business over the past week was strong across most segments - particularly at apparel stores and wholesale clubs," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "With gasoline prices at their lowest point nationally since mid-November of last year, discretionary spending ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 3.9% for the week ending October 4 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales increased by 0.1%.

"Weather was favorable for seasonal apparel demand, as temperatures cooled some nationally," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "According to the ICSC-GS consumer tracking survey business was strong for wholesale clubs, dollar stores, electronic stores, apparel ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 3.6% for the week ending September 27 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales declined slightly by 0.2%.

"Weather generally was not favorable for seasonal demand, but business was brisk for a number of retail segments," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "According to the ICSC-GS consumer tracking survey business was very strong for wholesale clubs, dollar stores, ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 4.1% for the week ending September 20 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales increased 0.1%.

"According to the ICSC-GS consumer tracking survey business over the past week was strong for apparel stores, dollar stores, wholesale clubs and discounters. Business was also strong at electronic stores - possibly buoyed by the release of Apple's iPhone 6," said Michael ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 3.0% for the week ending September 13 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales dropped 2.6%.

"According to the ICSC-GS consumer tracking survey business over the past week was healthy overall and strong for wholesale clubs, dollar, discount, electronics, and furniture stores," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "This past week saw the tail end of back ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 4.0% for the week ending September 6 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales popped up by 0.7%.

"According to the ICSC-GS consumer tracking survey business over the past week was healthy overall and strong for department, apparel, discount, electronics and furniture stores," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "September tends to have the third highest ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 4.8% for the week ending August 30 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales were unchanged.

"According to the ICSC-GS consumer tracking survey business was overall very healthy, and extremely strong for dollar stores and wholesale cubs. With relatively positive weather over the pre-Labor Day weekend, other retailers - department, discount, apparel, electronic and ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 4.2% for the week ending August 23 - relative to the prior year. On a week-over-week basis, sales increased 0.6%.

"According to the ICSC-GS consumer tracking survey business was strong across the board - especially for wholesale clubs, apparel stores, discounters, dollar stores, and furniture stores - as consumers continued their back-to-school shopping," said Michael Niemira, ICSC ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 3.8% for the week ending August 16 - relative to the prior year. On a weekly basis, sales decreased 1.3% compared to the previous week.

"According to the ICSC-GS consumer tracking survey business was very strong over the past week for back-to-school categories - especially electronics and apparel," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "Business was also strong for department, drug, discount, ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 3.2% for the week ending August 9 - relative to the prior year. On a weekly basis, sales decreased 1.4% compared to the previous week.

"Business was a bit more mixed this past week, with electronic stores leading the way from a performance standpoint," said Michael Niemira, ICSC research consultant. "The good news is that consumers are continuing to get a break at the pump, which will free up their ability ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 0.2% for the week ending August 2 - relative to its prior week. On a year-over-year basis, sales accelerated rapidly by 4.5% compared to the same week of the ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index increased 0.2% for the week ending July 26 - relative to its prior week. On a year-over-year basis, sales accelerated rapidly by 4.6% compared to the same week of the ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index decreased slightly by 0.4% for the week ending July 19 - relative to its prior week. On a year-over-year basis, sales increased by 2.8% compared to the same week of the ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index rose by 0.1% for the week ending July 12 - relative to its prior week - marking its fifth consecutive sequential weekly gain. On a year-over-year basis, sales momentum accelerated to a strong +4.5% compared to the same week of the ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index rose by a solid 1.7% for the Independence Day Holiday week ending July 5 - relative to its prior week. On a year-over-year basis, sales increased by a healthy 3.3% compared to the same week of the ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index rose by a solid 1.0% in the latest week (ending June 28) over the previous week. On a year-over-year basis sales increased even more rapidly posting a 4.6% increase - the strongest y-o-y pace since December ...

The arrival of summer gave way to a rise in weekly sales for the second consecutive week, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index (ICSC-GS). Overall, according to the index, weekly chain store sales jumped by a solid 2.0% for the week ending June 21, 2014. On ...

After last week's slip retailers saw their weekly retail sales gain some positive momentum as consumers picked up their pace of shopping. As a result, for the week ending June 14 weekly sales rose by 0.4% according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index. In addition to the ...

After a week-over-week surge in sales two weeks ago, the ICSC-Goldman Sachs (ICSC-GS) chain store sales pace reversed that spike with a 2.8% decline in the latest week ending June 7. However, more importantly, the year-over-year pace remained robust at the start of the five-week June fiscal month. Indeed, if the five-week period holds where ...

U.S. chain-store sales rose 3.1 percent year on year for the week that ended on May 31, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. Comparable-store sales rose 2.9 percent compared with the previous week, in large part due to a national ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Retail Chain Store Sales Index fell 1.2% in the week ended Saturday from the previous week on a seasonally adjusted, comparable-store basis.

"The latest week's decline was, in part, due to the increased number of Americans traveling this past holiday weekend," according to Michael Niemira, ICSC vice president of research and chief economist. He cited AAA estimates that 36.1 million people in the U.S. would ...

U.S. chain-store sales rose 2.4 percent year on year for the week that ended on May 17, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. However, comparable-store sales fell 1.3 percent compared with the previous week.

“This past week’s slippage was mainly due to Mother Nature as a very slow moving storm left heavy snow in the Rockies and flooding in the East,” said Michael Niemira, ICSC's vice president of research and chief economist. “Weather Trends International (WTI) reported that ...

Spending was relatively flat on a week-over-week basis, but surged year-over-year. Sequentially, retailers experienced a slight dip of 0.1% in sales for the week ending May 10, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index. On a year-over-year basis sales rose by its ...

Despite the April calendar lift to sales that retailers enjoyed with the later Easter, severe weather hampered the final fiscal week's results. As a result weekly retail sales slipped by 2.0% for the week ending May 3, 2014, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index. On ...

U.S. chain-store sales rose 3.1 percent year on year for the week that ended on April 26, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. Comparable-store sales climbed 1.6 percent compared with the previous week.

"Sales posted a healthy sequential and year over year gain as a bout of warmer-than-normal weather helped to lift seasonal demand (in the Midwest and East),” said Michael Niemira, ICSC's vice president of research and chief economist. “Moreover, despite the Easter Sunday ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index rose by 0.4% on a week-over-week basis ending April 19. Sales on a year-over-year basis posted a solid 1.9% increase. This increase comes on the heels of last week's 2.3% gain which was the strongest reading in the past ...

Warmer weather brought mixed results as some retail segments finally warmed up as others seemingly cooled down this past week. For the first fiscal week of April, retailers saw weekly sales decline slightly by 0.3%, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index. However, on ...

U.S. chain-store sales rose 1.5 percent year on year for the week that ended on April 5, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. Comparable-store sales also rose 1.5 percent from the previous week.

“Weekly sales -- adjusted for the shift in Easter -- rose this past week as customer foot traffic and spending appeared to have improved in the latter part of the month,” said Michael Niemira, ICSC's vice president of research and chief economist. “With the 2014 celebration ...

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs (GS) Weekly Chain Store Sales Index rose by a sharp 3.6% on a week-over-week basis ending March 29. Sales on a year-over-year basis were hampered by yet another bout of adverse seasonal weather, posting a ...

fter three weekly sequential sales gains retailers experienced mixed results as retail demand varied across categories and overall was softer than the prior week. For the week ending March 22, 2014 weekly sales slipped by 1.5%, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales ...

U.S. chain-store sales rose 1.5 percent year on year for the week that ended on March 15, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. Comparable-store sales improved 0.7 percent from the previous week.

“Weather Trends International put it best on the weather conditions over the past week when they said, it was a ‘battle between winter and spring,’ which seemingly added to the mixed performance for the industry,” said Michael Niemira, ICSC's vice president of research and ...

Retail sales roared like a lion during the past week ending March 8, 2014. Sales rose by a solid 1.3%, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index. Sales also improved on a year-over-year basis, up 2.1% in the latest period, after a soft patch during the prior ...

Adverse weather conditions throughout the fiscal month made February a challenging environment for retail sales, but sales did rise sequentially in the final week of the month as need-driven sales and increased retailer promotions enticed some consumers to shop and spend. For the week ending March 1, 2014, sales rose by 0.3%, according to ...

U.S. chain-store sales rose 1.4 percent year on year for the week that ended on February 22, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. However, on a week-to-week basis, comparable-store sales fell 0.6 percent as consumers lacked motivation to spend beyond what ...

U.S. chain-store sales rose 2.1 percent year on year for the week that ended on February 15 and included Valentine's Day, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. ICSC concluded that valentines gift spending helped boost the week-to-week comparable-store sales results by ...

U.S. chain-store sales rose 2.3 percent year on year for the week that ended on February 8, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. However, weekly comparable-store sales slipped 0.3 percent.

“February came in like a lion with multiple winter storms affecting various parts of the country last week,” said Michael Niemira, ICSC's vice president of research and chief economist. “But despite that constraint, the ICSC‐GS consumer tracking survey found considerable ...

In the final and third snowiest week of the fiscal month and year, snowfall throughout the nation slowed weekly sales. Despite the adverse weather conditions overall weekly sales rose slightly by 0.3% for the week ending February 1, 2014, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store ...

Mother Nature once again roared this past week causing unevenness in sales results within the industry. As a result, weekly sales rose by a slight 0.2% ending January 25, 2014, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index. On a year-over-year basis, however, the pace of ...

U.S. chain-store sales rose 0.9 percent year on year for the week that ended on January 18, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. However, week-to-week comparable-store sales fell 1.9 percent as consumers curbed their desire ...